Free School University (Dec. 10 – Dec. 19)


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Unless noted, classes meet at the north end of Dewey Square. Look for the bright orange schedule board on the right side of Main Stage for the schedule of up-coming classes, updates, location changes, last minute classes and cancellations.

The 3 classes & films held at the Community Church, Copley Square are facilitated by members of the New England Trainers Network, Alliance of Community Trainers and the Health and Justice Working Group of Occupy Boston

FSU Meetings are Fridays at 3pm for support volunteers and 4pm for the Public Working Group Meeting.

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Saturday, December 10
1:00pm – 4:00pm (Community Church, 565 Boylston St, Boston, MA)
Facilitation and Group Process Training: agendas, running meetings, decision-making models, dealing with challenging people, and more

6:00pm – 8:00pm (Community Church, 565 Boylston St, Boston, MA)
Film: We Interrupt This Empire, a film documenting the mass coordinated direct action in San Francisco after the start of the Iraq War

Sunday, December 11
The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series
2:00pm – 3:00pm
“The Legacy of the Sixties and Occupy” Rich Levy, professor of history at Salem State University

Saturday, December 17
10:00am – 5:00pm(Community Church, 565 Boylston St, Boston, MA)
Non-Violent Direct Action Training

5:30pm – 7:30pm (Community Church, 565 Boylston St, Boston, MA)
Film: This Is What Democracy Looks Like, a film documenting the mass demonstrations and coordinated direct actions in Seattle, WA in 1999 that shut down the WTO ministerial meeting and spring boarded the US anti-globalization movement

Sunday, December 18
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Unrig the Elections – Let us Count! A discussion with Jonathan Simon, founding member of Election Defense Alliance

12:00pm – 5:00pm (Location TBA)
Direct Action Strategy and Action: Planning – digging a little deeper

Monday, December 19
11:00am – 12:00pm
Antonio Gramsci and the Occupy Movement, Lecture / Discussion with anthropologist Elizabeth Ferry

6:30pm – 8:30pm (Community Church, 565 Boylston St, Boston, MA)
Film: The Take, a film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klien about thirty unemployed auto-parts workers who walk into their idle factory, rolls out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. ______________________________________________________________

FSU is looking for a new point person, if you can help in large or small ways please email [email protected]

To learn more, visit the FSU website.

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